The 1980 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 61st season the team was in the league. The team matched their previous output of 5–11.1980 St. Louis Cardinals The team failed to reach the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. After the season, Jon Brooks retired.
Offseason
NFL draft
Personnel Staff
Roster
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 7 New York Giants L 35–41 0–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,122 2 September 14 at San Francisco 49ers L 21–24 0–2 Candlestick Park 49,999 3 September 21 at Detroit Lions L 7–20 0–3 Pontiac Silverdome 80,027 4 September 28 Philadelphia Eagles W 24–14 1–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,079 5 October 5 at New Orleans Saints W 40–7 2–3 Louisiana Superdome 45,388 6 October 12 Los Angeles Rams L 13–21 2–4 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,230 7 October 19 at Washington Redskins L 0–23 2–5 RFK Stadium 51,060 8 October 26 at Baltimore Colts W 17–10 3–5 Memorial Stadium 33,506 9 November 2 Dallas Cowboys L 24–27 3–6 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,701 10 November 9 Atlanta Falcons L 27–33 3–7 Busch Memorial Stadium 48,662 11 November 16 at Dallas Cowboys L 21–31 3–8 Texas Stadium 52,567 12 November 23 Kansas City Chiefs L 13–21 3–9 Busch Memorial Stadium 42,871 13 November 30 at New York Giants W 23–7 4–9 Giants Stadium 65,852 14 December 7 Detroit Lions W 24–23 5–9 Busch Memorial Stadium 46,966 15 December 14 at Philadelphia Eagles L 3–17 5–10 Veterans Stadium 68,969 16 December 21 Washington Redskins L 7–31 5–11 Busch Memorial Stadium 35,942 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
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